Ruth Schloss: Home page

<body background="texture.jpg" bgcolor="#FF8040" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FF00FF" alink="#FF0000"> <h1 align="center"><font size="5">Welcome to the Home Page of Ruth Schloss!</font></h1> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="15" width="100%" cols="2"> <tr> <td><img src="firma.jpg" width="150" height="92"></td> <td><img src="hebfirm.jpg" width="240" height="83"></td> </tr> </table> <a name="home"> <p><img src="folded.jpg" width="487" height="392"><b>Folded hands</b> 1991 Acrylic on paper <br> </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" width="100%" cols="4"> <tr> <td> <a href="#cry">Cry</a></td> <td> <a href="#nabia">Nabia</a></td> <td> <a href="#yemen">Raised hands</a></td> <td> <a href="#demolished">Demolished house</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p><i>``In the course of my work throughout the years, I have tried to express in visual terms the tension between the desire to paint for its own sake and the need to react consciously.''</i> </p> <ul> <li>1922, Born in Nuremberg, Germany</li> <li>1937, Arrived in Israel</li> <li>1938-42, Studied at Bezalel Jerusalem with Ardon</li> <li>1942, Joined pioneer group at Kibbutz Merhavia, later joined Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan where she was a member until 1953</li> <li>1946, Participated in Hakibbutz Haartzi painting course, directed by Yohanan Simon and Marcel Janco</li> <li>1947, First group exhibition at the Mikra Studio, Tel Aviv</li> <li>1947-49, Worked as an illustrator for "Mishmar Yeladim" and illustrated children's books for "Sifriat Hapoalim"</li> <li>1949-51, Studied in Paris at the Grande Chaumière Academy</li> <li>1952, Returned to Israel</li> <li>1963-83, Painted in a studio in Jaffa. Since then she paints in her home at Kfar Shmaryahu</li> </ul> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" width="100%" cols="4"> <tr> <td> <a href="#cry">Cry</a></td> <td> <a href="#nabia">Nabia</a></td> <td> <a href="#yemen">Raised hands</a></td> <td> <a href="#demolished">Demolished house</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p><a href="mailto:ruth_schloss@yahoo.com"><img src="email.gif" border="0"> E-mail: ruth_schloss@yahoo.com</a></p> <a name="cry"> <p><img SRC="cry.jpg" height=350 width=229><p><b>Cry </b>1990 Acrylic on canvas <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" width="100%" cols="4"> <tr> <td> <a href="#home">Home</a></td> <td> <a href="#nabia">Nabia</a></td> <td> <a href="#yemen">Raised hands</a></td> <td> <a href="#demolished">Demolished house</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <a name="nabia"> <p><img src="nabia.jpg" width="256" height="370"><p><b>Nabia</b> 1966 Ink on paper </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" width="100%" cols="4"> <tr> <td> <a href="#home">Home</a></td> <td> <a href="#cry">Cry</a></td> <td> <a href="#yemen">Raised hands</a></td> <td> <a href="#demolished">Demolished house</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <a name="yemen"> <img SRC="yemen.jpg" height=363 width=330> <p><b>Raised hands</b> 1982 Acrylic on canvas <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" width="100%" cols="4"> <tr> <td> <a href="#home">Home</a></td> <td> <a href="#cry">Cry</a></td> <td> <a href="#nabia">Nabia</a></td> <td> <a href="#demolished">Demolished house</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <a name="demolished"> <p><img src="demolished.jpg" width="326" height="274"><p><b>Demolished house</b> 1988 Ink on paper </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" width="100%" cols="4"> <tr> <td> <a href="#home">Home</a></td> <td> <a href="#cry">Cry</a></td> <td> <a href="#nabia">Nabia</a></td> <td> <a href="#yemen">Raised hands</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body>